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Ringed Pins

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=Ringed pins=
Found in Ireland, Scotland, North and East England (Danelaw), Denmark, Iceland, Norway, Sweden and 1 from L’Anse aux Meadows in North America. There are no finds from the south of England. [FANNING Fanning 1994:p.20-22]<br>Found in both male and female graves [FANNING Fanning 1994:p.53]<br>Adopted by the Norse in the C9th [FANNING Fanning 1994:p.53] Norway second half of the C9th.<br>Found in male graves. Presumably used as cloak fasteners and then used as shroud pins in the grave. [BERSU Bersu & WILSON Wilson 1966:p.43]<br>
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*England
** York, 4 from iron, tinned [Ottaway 1992:p.695]
** North Elmham, 1 of iron [Goodhall Goodall 1980:516 fig.267, 118]
*Scotland
**Whithorn, 1 of Copper-alloy [Nicholson & Hill 1997:p.369 no.3]
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